Face cream applying and face massaging implement



Feb. 2, 1954 s. c. PETERSEN 2,667,867

FACE CREAM APPLYING AND FACE MASSAGING IMPLEMENT Filed Dec 11, 195lSoren 0. Petersen INVENTOR.

BY Mim Patented Feb. 2, 1954 -FAGE .GREAM-EAPPLYIING ANDEACE .MASSAGINGIMPLEMENT Soren C: Petersen, fihicago'glll. aApplicationDecember 11,1951, SerialNo. 261,.07-7

Claims.

v My invention relates to. improvementsin face cream applying and face Amassaging. implements .of the fountain type.

The primary object of myinvention is to providean implement easily..manipulated by one hand to apply face cream to thefacewith a rollingand subsequent rubbing .action, or, .with a rolling orrubbing.actionselectively, andwhich is adapted for finger tip operationto renew, when occasion, may require, .the supplyof .face .cream to beapplied while the implementzis. heldin. the hand.

Another object is to provide an implement for the abovepurposeswhichiseasy .to maintain clean particularly. as regards thecream applying parts. and which .is simply constructed and-comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture anduse.

Other and subordinate objects, within the purview of my invention,togetherwith the .precise nature .of .my improvementswillube readilyunderstood when the succeeding description and claims are read withireferenceto. thedrawing, accompanying and forming. part. of .Lthisspecification.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a viewinperspective .ofmyimproved implement in the preferredembodiment thereof;

Figure 2 is an enlarged view partly broken away and shownin frontelevation/and section;

Figure 3.is. a .view inlQngitudinal section taken on the line 3'3 ofFigure 2, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary-view in side elevation.

Referring to the. drawing 'by: numerals ,v-myjmproved implementcomprises a-hollow, preferably cylindrical, handle I having front andrear closed ends 2, 3, respectively, and adapted to contain a suitableamount offace cream; not shown.

An applicator roller 4 is mounted, by means presently described, at thefront end 2 of the handle I to extend across said end in spaced relationthereto and in ofi-set relation to the axis of the handle I so as todispose said roller at what constitutes the rear side of the handle, fora purpose presently clear. The applicator roller 4 is preferably hollowfor lightness in weight and provided with closed ends 5, 6 andcircumferential grooves therein adjacent said ends 5 and 6 serving apurpose presently clear and one of which is shown at I.

The means for mounting the applicator roller 4 comprises a rigid bracketarm 8 on one side of the handle I at the front end thereof extendingforwardly of said handle, a rod 9 extending r u h the. bracket armna.transversely ,of. the handle I and". axially through ,the: a plicatorroller 4-and. the ends 5,; 6,of.1said roller; 4.,which are journaled on,said .:r.od-ffor freec y rotation of said roller. The rod Bids:clamnednatsone end in the bracket arm .8, byga collar .lllzonsaid rodand. anut II on said .end of, the rod, 1,A. head I2 and washer I 3onlthe. other;.end of..the.. 1tod 9 removably secure theapplicatorroller. leonisaid rod against the collar Ill.

- A tubular cover iI 5. .o'f absorbentimateri lapreferably fabric, isvprovided vonthe-amfl Gator-#13113 4 and. removably secured .thereongby.wrapping threads .I 6 around ,said .c venoppos'itethe grooves I tocompressthe coverIlLin said grooyes.

Means .is -provided.. for.;injecting cream.- .from thehandlelragainstlthetcover l5 oomprisl l ithe following. A. plunger type. airpumpulflqis suspended in the handle. I from 'thejfrnhtendlZ thereof,and. is. olfeslet. .Ito' .11the .side. .of. the. axis of ,the handle Iopposite ithataathwhich lt e applicator roller'4...is olf-se't for.oneratiomeinma manner presently-describedjby"thefinger ,of :the

hand grasping the .handleQ'I and wiithoutji'nterference with. such:operation. byv the applicator roller 4.

Thepump" [8 comprises a. cylinder" l9..whioh extends longitudinally inthe handle and ;is spaced "at "its rear .end from the rear- 'end3' 'ofsaid handle'with athreaded front end "closure plug -20 turned "into 'a"threaded-"filler: opening to remove; andxattach thezrpnmp 18.

- The. :cylinder I 9: ;is provideds-with a;.con.v,en-

tional I piston equippedi ,plunger and' 2.3 therein which is slidable inthe plug 20 toladvancerthe .same from-a retracted position anditherebycause the piston 24 to expel air out of an air discharge opening 25 inthe rear end of the cylinder I9 so as to compress air in the handle I.The piston 24 is of the conventional, flexible cup, bicycle pump type,contracting and expanding during retraction and advance, respectively,to pass air from behind the same forwardly thereof for compression whenthe piston advances, and creating a partial vacuum in front thereof whenthe piston is retracted. A coil spring 26 is interposed between thepiston 24 and an apertured disk 2'! fixed in the rear end of thecylinder I9 and functions to retract said rod 23 and piston 24 into anormal position. The disk 21 forms with the rear end of the cylinder I9a valve cage 28 for a ball check valve member 29 closing the aperture 30in the disk 21 under suction created in the cage 28 by retraction of thepiston 24. A finger button 32 is provided on the plunger rod 23 at thefront end of the handle I for advancing said rod by finger pressure. Aback pressure air vent 33 is provided in the plug 20 for obviousreasons. An elongated perforated nozzle 35 extends across the front end2 of the handle 1 between the same and the roller 4, longitudinally ofsaid roller, and communicates with the interior of the handle I to ejectface tor roller 4 or freeing the same andcomprising the following. A dog31 is pivoted by a clamping screw 38 on the bracket arm 8 opposite theend 6 of the applicator roller 4 to be swung and clamped in rollerdogging and releasing positions, respectively. An arcuate slot 39 isprovided in the end 6 of the applicator roller 4 into which the dog 31may be entered slidably when swung into dogging position to limitrotation of said roller 4 by engagement with the ends of said slot. Inits releasing positiomthe dog 3'! is withdrawn from the slot 39 topermit free rotation of the applicator roller 4. The dog 31 may be swungand clamped into friction locking engagement with the bottom of the slot39 to lock applicator roller 4 against rotation.

The use and operation of the described implement will be readilyunderstood. The pump l8 may be removed, in the manner described, so thatthe handle I may b filled, or partly filled,

with face cream, not shown, through the filler opening 2|, after whichthe pump l8 may be replaced. With the handle I grasped in one hand, theplunger rod 23 may be operated by a finger of the hand to cause facecream to be ejected from the handle I through the nozzle against thecover l5 of the applicator roller 4 for, ap lication to the face byapplying the applicator roller thereto. With the dog 31 swung andclamped into the previously described dogging position relative to theapplicator roller 4, said roller will rotate on the face in limiteddegree and then b held against rotation so that the face cream may beapplied first with a rolling action and then with a rubbing action. Withthe dog3'l swung into its releasing position, the face cream may beapplied with a rolling action solely and with said dog swung intoclamped friction locking engagement with the bottom of the slot 39 theface cream may be applied by rubbing action as will be clear. Of course,in any of the' described uses of the applicator roller 4, the sameeffects a massaging action to work the'cream into the face.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to im- 4 part a clearunderstanding of my invention, without further explanation.

Manifestly, the invention, as described, is susceptible of modification,without departing from the inventive concept, and right is hereinreserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described my invention, what is claimed as new is: I r

1. A face cream applying implement comprising an elongated handle forgrasping by a hand to manipulate the implement and being hollow andclosed at its ends to contain face cream, an applicator roller, means tomount said roller opposite one end of the handle crosswise thereof,'means to eject face cream from said handle onto said roller comprising apump in said handle discharginginto the other end of the handle andhaving a plunger rod provided with a finger button at said first namedend of the handle operative for operating said pump by a finger of thehand grasping said handle, and dogging means to limit rotation of saidroller to apply the face cream'with a rolling action and a subsequentrubbing action; I

2. A face cream applicator according to claim 1, wherein said roller andbutton are offset at opposite sides of the axis of the handle to obviateinterference by said roller with the finger operating said button. V

3. A face'cream applicator according to claim 1, wherein said end isprovided with a filler opening and said pump is provided with an endplug threaded into said opening to close the same and suspend the pumpfrom said end of the handle.

4. A face cream applicator according toclaim 1, wherein said first namedmeans comprises a bracket arm on said handle, said last named meansincluding a slot in said roller, and a pivoted dog on said arm forswinging into said slot to limit rotation of said roller by engagementwith the ends of the slot. 7

5. A face cream applicator according to claim 1, wherein said firstnamed means includes a bracket arm on said handle, and co-engagingdevices on said. bracket arm and one end of said roller disengageable tofree said roller for unlimited rotation. V

SOREN C. PETERSEN.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS ,Date

Number Name- 1,94'7,042 Glennan Feb. 13,.1934 2,041,022 Rassmuss'en May19, 1936 FOREIGN PATENTS V a, Number Country Date 127,959 SwitzerlandOct. 1, 1928 684,451 Germany Nov. 29, 1939

